“That’s the new paradigm. No longer do I know who I can share with. The key capability is attribute based access control, so I can -- machine-to-machine  -- decide whether you have the right credentials to access that information.”

Krieger went on to explain that for information sharing, it’s all about the data; and a key initiative is collaborating with both the intelligence community, DOJ and DHS on coming up with a universal core of semantics that everyone can agree on.

To its credit, the government has heard the public’s demand for increased transparency; it’s insistence on information sharing between the federal, state and local governments and the private sector; all while respecting the public’s privacy concerns and meeting the rigorous security requirements of the post 9/11 world.

For information sharing to succeed throughout government, there has to be rules of the road. Those rules are set out in the National Strategy for Information Sharing published in October 2007. Read More

• General Dale Meyerrose, CIO, ODNI

• Van Hitch, CIO, DoJ

• Mike Krieger, Principal Director of IT Management & Technology, OSD, DOD

• Robert Riegle, Director of the State and Local Government Program Office, Office of Intelligence& Analysis, DHS

• Mike DeHart, Stealth Program Manager, Federal Systems and Technology, Unisys

• Tom Simmons, Area Vice President for Federal Systems, Citrix

• Steve Hutchens, Client Industry Executive for Homeland Security in the Global Government Industry, EDS

"We’ve talked about risk management, identity, data and governance. And that I think they are the nexus of the elements that we need to be working over in the next year or two. But I’d like to add some points to emphasize a couple of things. First of all I agree with the comment that data is becoming..."
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"I think the vision is pretty clear, that you want to create an agile collaborative environment where everybody can participate and share what they know to accomplish the objective. But it becomes a workforce issue. We are all digital..."
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"We’ve made a lot of progress here at DHS, our partners in the states and with the fusion center programs and with the national network of fusion centers. Our vision is to continue the implementation of that national network, working with those partners.

"I’ll start with my law enforcement hat on. I guess from a DOJ standpoint and law enforcement my vision would be Google for cops that would provide information to help everyday law enforcement officers catch local criminals, drug cartels, prevent child exploitation and..."
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The whole dynamic about information security and information sharing has to change; we can’t look at them as a balancing act because it pits communities that need to work together against each other. Collaboration tools must furnish solutions about how we share information securely; where data has integrity and we can do trusted computing from an un-trusted computer. Read More

IS Is All About Information Assets

In the new world of IS, it’s all about information assets; we are separating data from applications and we are making both the information asset and the applications available as services. Working together – leveraging federal as well as state and local networks; moving relevant information and intelligence quickly; enabling rapid analytic and operational judgments – that is what the fusion center network is all about. Read More

Information Fusion

At the heart of the collaborative environment, where trusted information is shared among is the fusion center movement. One of the outcomes of the 9/11 tragedy has been the development of fusion centers. In 2004 and 2005, many states began creating fusion centers using local, state, and federal funds. Today according to DHS there are 58 operational centers in 46 states. Read More